Means for securing splice-bars to ties.



M?. BONZANO.

MEANS FOR SEGURING SPLIGE BABSTO TIES. PPLxoATIoN FILED 00T. za. 190s.

923,007. Patented May 25,1909.

Pulg-l.

'UNITED sTATEs PATENT onirica, i

Y MAXIMILIANI. Bonanno, or Pintaostili-IIA., PnNNsrLvANIA. A

MEANS FOR SECURING SCP'KJE-IBARSA TO TIES,

Application filed October 23, 1908. Serial No. 459,148.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAXIMILIAN F. BoN- aANo, a citizen ofthe United States, .residing Aiii Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented Improved Means for Securing Splice- Barato-Ties, of which the following'is a specification. f

My. inventi provide fastening ineans of the type illustrate'd in niy applicationfor patent, iiled f, Jene 27 100s, seriaiNo; 440,702, for use with splice-bars, whereby the latter, together with; theyrails which they connect, may be securely held to the track and maintained 'g inza fixed position to prevent, creeping of the `rails.` As in Iny application before referred f fto, the .present devieeis used in connectionV with a wear-plate, and it may -be employed with wooden or metallic ties. i

yMy invention is fully showniii the acc-oinpanying drawings, in which: Figure 1, is a plan view showing the application of the securing means forming the subject of iny invention to the flanges of splice-bars of a well-known. type.; Fig. 2, is a similar plan view showing splice-bars offset with respect to eachother; Fig. 3, illustrates afinodified forinofconstruction in which a' 30 portion of the flange atzone end of each splicebar iscutaway for the application of the re'- taining means employed at such point directly to'. the rail iiange;,Fig. 4, is a sectional view on the line* L -w, Fig.. 1 Fig. 5, is a sectional-view onthe line b-g-t, Fig. 1, and 6, is an inverted perspective view of the iinproved retaining member employed in connectioii withv spiice-bars. y

v In vthe 'drawings herewith, l, 1, represent y thenieeting endsof the. rails which are joined by splice-barsl 1, T he splice-bars in the present instance are illustrated as having six bolts and `rest upon wear-plates `2 suitably secured to the ties 3; theiiaifiges of said splice bars being secured" to the wear-plateand in proper position with relation to thetie b y means of .clips 4 ,held in place by adjusting.

blocks 5 interposedv between the side o r end wall of said clips and anges 6 carried by the wearplate andy g preferably? .paralleling' the As shown in the several views, the vadjusting4 blocks have'inclined edgesadjacent to l specification oi' Letters Patent.

. kon jijelates to. track construc-V tioiigand the object of my invention is to vwhi ch overlie the adjusting blocks 5 and tend provided with projections 1.1 a on the i'iiidei" creeping.'

vto they eiips by ineans of nuts '14.Q'VVashers" Patented May 25,. ieee.,y

' and for engagement with the clips, and these to prevent these-nie rising, and tlieflanges of the wearplate are preferably undeicut,"nsshown, for the saine purpose. The clips are provided with `shoulders 10 which abut f against the flange of the rail, as shown, 'and an. voverhanging Vportion 1]. which res'tsldirectly against the top ofthe ii'ange.A ,Inadd-f tion, when theselips are employed for direct 1 engagement with the splice. bars, they are side arranged to engage the,` notchedvoiy slottedv portions of the splice-bar iiangesl which are noi'ninallyv employed for spikes; The projection 11*L may-be? disposed at any; point with respect to. theclip-to engagefthe notch or slot in -the splice-bar; the clips'4 being" specially inade for such purpose. Tli'isfcon-' struction is for the purpose of anchoring .the splice-bars to y the ties to. prevent lthe rails i Toseourethe clips -to the wear plate whereby they may be held against the splice-bar,vf

bolts 1.2' are pro-vided whichextend"throughV apertures 13 in the wear-plate and fai-e secured 15 are preferably interposed lbetween said?! nutsand clips, and ifdesired elast-ie washers may be placed between tliehe'ads'of the bolts and the wear plate or between 'thebolt heads `and the underside of the `top web-ofthe ,tiey when the latteriis of inetal. 'Ihewear-jplate -2 upon which the -railsas well as the ilaiiges'ot'k the splice-bars rest, is secured to the tiebyg` f bolts 16 having nuts 17, and to make itas.. well as the rail fastening means adjustable elongated iianges of oval or other suitable.v

u contour with oii'set bolt apertures.l are provided adapted to tsinnla-rly shaped open-i 't ings provided for. the same in said wear-plate; This constriictin is substantially iiriilargtol i0 0 lwithrespect to the tie, washers 18 having that referred to in my pending application noted above, and hence complete description herein is thought to' be unnecessary.

In the .arrangement of the pair of splice- `bars shown in Fig. 1, theclips 4 engage directly with the same, being adjusted by the blocks 5 and retained in placel by the bolts 12 and the nuts1`4. In this instance, the projection 11 a of each clip engages a spike notch formed in the flange of the splice-bar, as clearly shown in the sectional view, Fig. 4. Y

In Fig. 2, the splice-bars are shown offset with respect to each other, one clip on each side ofeach s lice-bar engagin the flange of the same at t e spike notch, w ile lthe other clips, disposed on opposite sides of the joint, abut against the ends of the splice-bars and engage the flange of the rails. In this instance the usual-form offjadjusting block is employed, 1 l

In the structure shown in' Fig. 3, the splice bars are positioned as in the structure shown in Fig. 1', with the ldifference that the base application, and when adjusti flange of one Vend of each splice-bar has been removed to permit one clip on each side of the joint to engage the flangeof the rail. The web ofthe splice-bar adjacent the web of the rail has been retained, however, so that the bolts will be disposed in the same manner as in the structure shown in Fig. 1. By providing the clips withprojections to engage the spike notches or slotsofthe splice bar flanges, as Well as arranging the clips to abut against the-ends of said splice bar flanges, endwise movement of said splicebars With respect to th'e ties is prevented and creeping of the rail is thereby resisted.

' The ymethod of adjusting the splice ba connection to the railsin taking up wear is identical, with that indicated in `my pending `ng the rails and the splice bars securing them, the adjusting y,blocks may be moved in parallelism, while the clips will be moved atright angles tothe rail yand the movement of said adjusting blocks,"and such movement `of said clips is always inl this direction; abutting against the It will be readily understood, therefore, that adjustment may be ma ile by ysimply lifting the clips 4 and then moving the adjusting blocks the desired distance in the proper direction for the properl together the meeting ends of rails resting on said wear-plate, adjustable retaining members secured to said wear- )late and engaginor the flanges of the splicears, each of said members having a projection to enter the spike notches of said splice bars, and adjusting blocks coacting with said retaining members and interposed between the latterand the flanges of the Wear-plate, said adjusting blocks being held in fixed position with respect .to the wear-plate by the means secursition with respect to the wear-plate by the neans securing the retaining member in i ace. A 1 l 3. The combinationof a pair of splicebars for connecting together the meeting ends of rails, wear-plates carried by the ties `upo'n which said rails and splice bars rest, clips securedto said wear-plates and engagin the flanges of the splice-bars, and adjustabile wedges for positioning saidclips, the. engagement of: the latter with thegsplice-bars serving to anchor the sameto-the ties and prevent creeping of the rails. v v

4. The combination of a pair'of splicebars for connecting to ether thef meeting ends of rails, ties, wear-p ates carried by said ties, clips secured to saidwear-plates and overlying the flanges of the splice-bars, and adjustable wedges for positioning Vsaid clips, the latter having projections engaging the spike notches of said splice-bars sol as to anchor the same to the ties and prevent creeping of the rails.v

5. The combination of a pair of splicebars for connecting together the meeting ends of rails, wear-plates carried by the ties upon which said rails and splice-bars rest,

clips secured to said wear-plates and engagengagement of the complementary notches in these parts.; the clips being slotted at 2;?, to permit movement whenthc adjusting blocks are to be moved with relation thereto. In i addition, the wear plates are secured to the j tie, and may be adjustedin precisely the l `same manner as in my application before referred to; thereby giving an additional lateral adjustment for the rails and their splices. j

I claim: 1. The combination with atie 'of a wearplate having flanges, splice-bars foi` securing ing, the flanges-of the splice-bars, said splicebars having flanges offset with respect to each other and one of said clips engaging the end of one of said splice-bars, and adjustable wedges for positioning said clips, the engagement of the latter with the splice-bars serving to anchor the same to the ties and prevent creeping ofthe rails.

6. The combination of a pair of splicebarsv for connecting together the' meeting lends of rails, wear-platescarried by the ties upon Whiehaid mils and splice-hars rest, said s1 1iceflmis having fianges offset with respeot to each other, clips secured tosaid Wear-plates, one of said oiips engaging the o 'flange of one of the splice-bars and the other cli) abut-ting against the end of the other sp ice-bar sind engaglng the flange oi' the rail, and adjustable wedges for )ositioning l said clips, the engagement of the sitter with the splice-bars serving to anchor the same 10 to the ties and prevent creeping of the rails.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification., in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAXIMILIAN F.' BONZANO.

Witnesses Jos. H. KLEIN, EEAURRAY C. BOYER. 

